Racist AIDS tweet 'joke' causes outrage

Compton_effect said:
I don't think I've ever seen anyone's career tank during a trans-Atlantic flight before. To have been a fly on the wall during that flight.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/12/barry-dillers-iac-calls-pr-execs-aids-tweet-outrageous/



What could be worse?

Take off from Atlanta after sending a 'witty' comment. Spend the next 12 hours watching yourself become a internet meme and lose your job.
OR
Only finding out the full repercussions of that tweet when you land in the continent you just insulted.
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Didn't she fly out of London ?
 
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Ou grote said:
Some people can't take a joke...
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Yeah, what annoys me is that she makes a comment like this, which surely is wrong, agreed... but then people target her and **** her up six love while she's in the air: She's got no chance to react and defend herself, or say sorry etc. Furthermore, had this been the other way around, people would've either laughed it off or the minority would've been pissed off and nothing much would've happened.

#JustSaying #HasFairnessLandedYet #BlackOnWhiteNotSameAsWhiteOnBlack #ThisIsRetarded
 
iBite said:
Yeah, what annoys me is that she makes a comment like this, which surely is wrong, agreed... but then people target her and **** her up six love while she's in the air: She's got no chance to react and defend herself, or say sorry etc. Furthermore, had this been the other way around, people would've either laughed it off or the minority would've been pissed off and nothing much would've happened.

#JustSaying #HasFairnessLandedYet #BlackOnWhiteNotSameAsWhiteOnBlack #ThisIsRetarded
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Where did it say she was assaulted on the plane?
 
Fudzy said:
Where did it say she was assaulted on the plane?
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Don't act stupid now. Surely you know he meant the masses killed her career and slaughtered her name on the internet.

I personally feel a little bit sorry for her, but then again people should also know, as a white person you can't make jokes like that in the public domain or on record. It is because of the fact that white people used to the be oppressors, that we are in the lime light for anything we say remotely wrong, but colored people and black people are allowed to make jokes without repercussions. If she didn't know that, she is the only one to blame for what happened. I don't approve of the above, but I have to accept the fact that is the situation in the world we live in currently.
 
What an idiot lol. White people can't say things like that.
 
supersunbird said:
People in her job function should know better, her race doesn't even matter to me, her competence in her chosen career path on the other hand does matter, especially to her employers...
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For sure and I agree with you 100%.

I just hope that if the tables were turned we would see the same outrage.
 
I've said it before, and I'll say it again - Twitter and Facebook have never given people jobs, but have cost a few people their jobs.

Just stay off it and get a life.
 
Tinuva said:
Don't act stupid now. Surely you know he meant the masses killed her career and slaughtered her name on the internet.

I personally feel a little bit sorry for her, but then again people should also know, as a white person you can't make jokes like that in the public domain or on record. It is because of the fact that white people used to the be oppressors, that we are in the lime light for anything we say remotely wrong, but colored people and black people are allowed to make jokes without repercussions. If she didn't know that, she is the only one to blame for what happened. I don't approve of the above, but I have to accept the fact that is the situation in the world we live in currently.
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Brawler said:
What an idiot lol. White people can't say things like that.
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Shame, poor white people. Life is so hard sometimes
 
kingrob said:
I've said it before, and I'll say it again - Twitter and Facebook have never given people jobs, but have cost a few people their jobs.

Just stay off it and get a life.
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Theyre not there to create jobs.....

They are communication platforms. If you are going to use it to say stupid things then you must accept the consequences. The majority of us use it just fine. It adds to our lives.
 
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Brawler said:
For sure and I agree with you 100%.

I just hope that if the tables were turned we would see the same outrage.
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Going to New York. Hope I don't get stopped by TSA and get a cavity search. Just kidding. I'm coloured!
 
demiurge said:
Shame, poor white people. Life is so hard sometimes
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Who said life is terrible?

Its a fact that we have just learnt to live with. Need to watch your mouth everytime you say the B word as you could be called a racist.

Anyway, the woman in the OP is a complete idiot and deserves to be fired. It doesn't matter what race you are you dont make jokes like that.
 
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